Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Someone posted a rant
on Craigslist, the gist of which is that we ought to get rid of
pennies. He or she is right. Pennies have so little value with today's
inflated dollar that it makes a great deal of sense to round prices
off to the nearest nickel, as is done in Australia.

There used to be an organization called the Coin
Coalition promoting the replacement of dollar bills with dollar coins
and the elimination of the penny. Unfortunately the organization does
not appear to exist anymore.